Dump wagon or car.



W. H. GOOLEY, DEOD.

A. a. OOOLEY, ADMINISTBATRIX.

DUMP WAGON 0R GAR.

APPLICATION r1121) 1111 1 11, 1000.

1,099,341, Patented June 9,1914.

2 SH TS-SHEET 2.

COLUMBIA PLANOORAPII CO" WASRIXPIG'I'ON. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

-WIIiDILlLll/l: H. COOLEY,OF BROCKPORT, NEW YORK; AUGUSTA H. COOLEYADMINISTRATRIX 0F SAID WILLIAM H. COOLEY, DECEASED.

DUMP WAGON 0R CAR.

1,099,841. Specification of Letters Patent Patented June 9, 1914.

\ Application filed May 11, 1908. Serial No. 432,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM H. 000mm, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brockport, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Dump Wagon or Car, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

This inventionrelates to Wagons or cars of that class from which a loadmay be emptied or dumped by the operationof a suitable lever or handle.

The object of my present invention is to provide a wagon or car of thecharacter described from which the load may be dumped in a pileextending longitudinally. and approximately in the center between the.

wheel tracks or either side of such center, as desired.

My invention comprises,broadly, a longitudinally disposed tankor wagonbody with means for effecting a longitudinally, extending opening in thecenter of such body, whereby a load may be dumped in a pile extendinglongitudinally and approximately in the center between the wheel tracks,and consists also in providingmeans for swinging, preferably,the closedbody of the wagon upon a longitudinally extending axis whereby theentire load may be dumped from either side of thewagon as desired.

In carrying outmy invention, I may preferably provide two substantiallysimilar body sections, eachpivoted upon an axis of rotation ofoscillation extending longitudinally of the wagon or car, and 1 preferthat such sections be so pivoted as to be practically balanced on suchaxis when loaded, but with a tendency on the part of such sections toclose when empty. These sections are pivotally supported at each end inan arm which in turn is also pivotally support ed in such a way thatwhen the sections are closed and held closed,the entire tank or boxformed thereby may be turned upon the pivotal supports for such arms soas to dump the entire load from either side of the body. Means are alsoprovided whereby the sections may be locked together in their closedposition and tilted out of level either way to facilitateloading thewagon from either side. A look is also provided for holding the parts insuch tilted position.

The accompanying drawings show only such parts of a dump wagon as areessential to illustrate my invention as embodied therein. Such drawingsare as follows Figure 1 is a top or Ian view of the wagon and Fig. 2 isa side view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line oa-y ofFig. 2 with all parts to the right of such line removed. Fig. 4 is aview of the wagon from the rear end. Fig. 5 shows a front end view ofthe quadrantal sections with their operating connections. Fig. 6 is anenlarged detail view of the operating gear. Fig. 7 shows in side viewthe means for locking the sections together and holding them at anydesired angle. Fig. 8 is an end view of a part of the locking mechanismscenin Fig. 7.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings,--a and a are the rear and front axles of thewagon and w and 'w the rear and front wheels, respectively, thereon. Themain frame of my wagon comprises two channel beams C supported at theirrear ends from the rear axle a bylneans of the strap bolts u engagingaround the axle and extending through the channel beams, as clearlyindicated in Figs. 1, 9., 3 and 4. These channel beams C are curvedupwardly just forward of the body '1. of thewagon and are thence againextended in a horizontal direction and are connected at the front end bya suitable cross piece 0 and they are also connected ontheir undersideat the front end by suitable bracing and supporting members 0 andwhich comprise means for supporting such channel beams from the usualfifth wheel resting on and connected to the front axle. The constructionof such fifth wheel and its connections, forming no part of my presentinvention, is not shown herein. A triangular shaped bracket V issupported from the rear end of the channel beams C just behind the rearaxle a, and projecting forwardly from the upper end of this bracket V isseen a stud S, upon which there is pivotally sup ported the arm D, asindicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4. On the inside of each of the channelbeams G and just at the foot of the curve therein is seen red a bracketif, such brackets comprising supports for the webbed cross bar V inwhich there is rotatably supported the shaft S such shaft being rigidlysecured in the arm I) to support the front end of the body T of thewagon.

In the outer ends of the arms D and D are formed bearings for thetrunnions d' and (Z respectively, supporting the sections 6 and tcomprising the body of the wagon T, at their rear and front ends. Thesections 6 and Z of the tank have their ends conformed at their upperand inner corners, as indi; cated in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, to permit theswinging of such members 25 and t on, their independent pivotal supportsto the positions indicated in Fig. 5. and as such a conformation of theends would leave an opening at each end near thecenter of the body thereissecured to one of such body members a yoke plate adapted to cover thisopening, such yoke plate conformed, at itsupperend to comprisesubstantially a continuation of the upper edges of the ends of the tankwhen in closed position; such yoke member is omitted from F ig. l inorder to avoid confusion in bringing out more clearly the flanged upconstruction of'the body sections but is clearly shown in Figs. 3-. and4: and diagrammatically in Fig. 5. These trunnions (Z and (Z arepreferably formed integrally withdisks (Z and d which in turn aresecured a gear wheel M and M mesh, respectively, with spur gears M and Mthe gear M extending into,

cured to the rear and front end of the sections. z and 25 of the bodyof'the wagon, The shaft S has a second bearing formed in the downwardprojection on the member V secured between the channel beams G approxiway thev lower end of this double. crank E is connected by a link a}with, the studor pin projecting from thedisk i on the section 25 of thebody of the wagon, as more fully shown in Fig. 5, in which figure alsothe positions for the, connecting links 6- and; 6 are shown,respectively, in dotted lines at 6 and e and the'correspondingly openpositionsfor, the sections-2t and t of the tank or body of the wagon areindicated in dotted lines, at; t? and. 25, the same planof lettering inthis respect is. noted, in Fig. 4 where the tank or body is shown indotted linesas, opened at its center.

On the forward endv of" the shaft 3 is sea bevel; gear which in turn.meshes with an operating bevel gear M secured on the lower end of ashort shaft on thenpper end of which is seen the operating crank It andwhich has itssingle bearing .71 formed at the upper endof the bracketB'.The bracket t and 16?, thus dumpin The ear wheels,

channel beams. G on their upper edges and near their forward: ends. Ashaft 8 has a bearing I) at its forward end in the lower end of thebracket B, while its rear end is freely rotatable within the sleeve 8carried by the gear M such sleeve 3 being rotatable within a bearingtherefor in the upper end of the arm V extending upwardly from the crossarm V This, gear M and sleeve 8. thereon; is. longitudinally movable onthe shaft .9 and carries clutch pins Z adapted to engage in suitableholes. otherefor in the adjacent face of the gear M whereby when suchgear M is movedto the right, as seen in. Fig. 6, or forwardly on, theshaft .9 the gears M and M are locked and caused to rotate together.These pins Z extend longitudinally through the. gear M and are adaptedto enter or engage in suitable holes therefor inthe arm V whereby such.gear M may be locked against rotation when moved to the position. shownin Fig. 6 orto the, rear on the shaft 3 For movillg this gear M?-longitudinally on the shaft 3 a collar I is ro-tatably fitted on thesleeve and prevented from longitudinal 'niovement I the construction ofthefparts just above described it will at once befapparentthat, with thegear wheel M 'locked, against rotation, on turning. the crank 71,, the.gearsv M; M and M will be operatedv ina way to. open the sections. 25and 25, to assume the positions indicatedin dotted lines in Figs. 4% and5 at the load in the center. When, however, by theoperation of thelevern, the gear M is moved forward so as to be clutched to and; operated,with the gear M the sections t and; 2., are; held. in their closed;positions while the entire body Tl comprising thesections t and t isrotated r i .1 10 thebody of theqvagonat its center, causing,

upon the supporting shafts or trunnions the position indicated in dottedlines-at. DE.

The load maybe dumped either side ofthe center, as desired, inasmuch asthebody of thewagon T may be turned in either. direc-.

tion to dump. it by the operation of the handle it in a correspondingdirection.

therefor S and S and caused tooccupy the position indicated in dottedlines at T in Fig. 3, the arm D being. caused to occupy It is sometimesdesirable to tilt the body of the Wagon a little out of level tofacilitate loading the same. This may be done by locking the gear wheelsM and M together and turning the crank it slightly in the de sireddirection, and when thus tilted, the body of the wagon may be locked inany desired angular adjustment within a moderate range by means of thelocking member I comprlsing a cross bar having a segmental section atits center with pins 10 secured therein, segmentally arranged andadapted to engage in a correspondingly segmentally arranged series ofholes p in the segmental extensions 50 and 72 secured to the under sideof the body sections t and t at their forward ends. This member P issecured at its ends to the rear ends of the bolts a sliding through thecross piece 9 extending between and secured to the channel beams C. Theforward ends of these bolts n articulate with the lower ends of thelevers 42 carried by the shaft n rotatably supported in brackets n, seenon the upper edges of the obliquely disposed portions of the channelbeams C, while the right hand one of such levers h being the one towardthe observer in Fig. 2, is extended upwardly and articulates with theconnecting link a which in turn articulates at its other end with thelever n having its lower end pivotally supported on a stud 11 extendinginwardly from the right hand channel beam C. Any suitable locking means,not shown, may be provided for locking the levers n and a in eitherextreme position of their movement.

By the operation of the lever n, the looking member P may be engaged ordisengaged from the segmental plates 29 and 32 secured on the tanksections t and t and the tank T may be angularly adjusted by theoperation of the crank h, in the manner already de scribed, whereby thetank may be locked at an inclination for purposes of loading, and incarrying the load it is preferable usually to force the locking member Pin engagement with the plates 39 and p with the body of the wagon in itsnormal level position, as this helps to take the strain off from theoperating gear, although the parts are so balanced that there is verylittle strain upon the gear and the locking mechanism connectedtherewith.

From the foregoing description of my invention and the operation of theseveral parts thereof, it is believed that the use and operation of mydump wagon or car is sufficiently clear to call for no furtherexplanation herein. I may add, however, that the load may be dumped atthe bottom by opening the bottom of the tank after first tilting thetank one way or the other and in this Way the load may be dumped somelittle distance either side of the center, as desired.

Attention may also be called to the fact that the tank sections t and 6may be held in their openiposition when desired by first disengaging thegears H and M from each other, then opening the sections t and t of thetank and then looking the gears M and M. together.

I desire to call attention to the fact that the essential features of myinvention consist in the tank or body having members adapted tomoverelatively to and fromeach other to open the tank or body at the bottomand such tank or body also pivoted to swing or turn upon a substantiallyfixed axis of rotation and I do not, therefore, limit myself to anyspecific character or conformation of the parts or of the supports forthe parts or means for operating them.

What I claim is 1. In a wagon or car for the purpose described, two tankor body sections pivotally supported at each end in an arm, such armspivotally supported with their axes in substantial alinement, one ofsuch arms carried by a rotatably supported hollow shaft; a crank on eachsection, connected by a link to an operating crank, such operating crankcarried by a second shaft rotatably supported parallel with the axis ofrotation of such sections and within such first shaft and means forrotating such second shaft either independently of such first shaft ortogether therewith as desired.

2. In a wagon or car for the purpose described, a tank or body supportedby the running gear and frame to turn or swing thereon in eitherdirection to discharge the content-s therefrom over correspondinglyopposite sides thereof and having two members adapted to close andoperable to open the tank or body longitudinally of and at its bottom todischarge the contents thereof.

3. In a wagon or car for the purpose described, a tank or body pivotallysupported by the running gear and frame to turn or swing thereon ineither direction; to discharge the contents therefrom overcorrespondingly opposite sides thereof and having two p1 votallysupported members adapted to close and operable to open the tank or bodylongitudinally of and at its bottom to discharge the contents thereof.

l. In a wagon or car for the purpose de- 5. In a wagon; or car for the,purpose; diescribed, a, tank or booty pivotadly supported bydzhe runninggear and frame to; turn or swing thereon either direeti-on to dischargethe contents; therefironw over comespondingly opposite sides thereoi andhaving twopivotally SLlPpOEtBdi members: adapted' to close and operable.to open the tank or body hongitud-inally of and at its bottom to, 1'0 diselmrge the contentsthereof; mealnseiior swinging the tank or botiy'on, its pivotal support; means; for locking thetzmk oas'body againstangular motion means; foroperating said membersand locking meensforholdingsaid members; in closed. position COOLE'Y. Witnesses; v OsBORNE,F. Grimmer, LOTTIE Woo.-

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